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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Pennsylvania (March 29)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania.
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Sprint Communications Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Sprint Communications, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,144,678) developed by Jeremy R. Breau, Kansas City, Kan., and Sohel Khan, Philadelphia, for a "mobile device handoff while maintaining connectivity with multiple access points."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and computer-readable media are provided for allowing a mobile device to maintain communication connectivity during a handoff between wireless access points. In one aspect, the method may include negotiating security association information and establishing a first communication tunnel by tunneling an inner IP address within a first outer IP address. The method may further include authenticating a request for establishing a second communication tunnel by identifying the negotiated security association information within the request. Additionally, the method may include establishing the second communication tunnel by tunneling the inner IP address within a second outer IP address. Moreover, the method may include pushing data associated with the communication session through the second communication tunnel."
The patent application was filed on May 17, 2011 (13/109,119). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,678.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,678&RS=PN/8,144,678
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Tandent Vision Science Assigned Patent for Method for Using Image Depth Information
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Tandent Vision Science, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,144,975) developed by Richard Mark Friedhoff, San Francisco, Bruce Allen Maxwell, Springfield, Pa., and Steven Joseph Bushell, Cranston, R.I., for a "method for using image depth information."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining illumination information in an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of identifying depth information in the image, identifying spatio-spectral information for the image, as a function of the depth information and utilizing the spatio-spectral information to identify illumination flux in the image."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2011 (12/930,688). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,975&OS=8,144,975&RS=8,144,975
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent for Multi-scale Analysis of Signal Enhancement in Breast MRI
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,144,953) developed by Yoshihisa Shinagawa, Downingtown, Pa., and Gerardo Hermosillo Valadez, West Chester, Pa., for a "multi-scale analysis of signal enhancement in breast MRI."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for computer assisted lesion detection in magnetic resonance (MR) images includes acquiring dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MR images. The images are processed to produce a subtraction image illustrating change in voxel enhancement between the images. A Gaussian low-pass filter is applied to the subtraction image. An elimination mask is created from the filtered subtraction image by removing voxels with enhancement values below a threshold value. The elimination mask is used to remove noise from the subtraction image. One or more regions of suspicion are automatically detected from the noise-removed subtraction image. To produce the subtraction image, DCE-MR images are divided into first and second sub-sets. Positive-signed enhancement values of voxels of the MR images from the first sub-set are added to a combined subtraction image along with absolute values of all enhancement values of voxels of the MR images from the second sub-set."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2008 (12/206,804). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,953&OS=8,144,953&RS=8,144,953
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Honeywell International Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,145,044) developed by Jeffrey Philip Wirt, Tulsa, Okla., and Dan W. Ott, Spring City, Pa., for an "air ammonia heater and vaporization chamber system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An air ammonia heater and vaporization chamber system utilizing a contiguous vaporization chamber having an inlet for receiving dilution air, which is passed across at least one heating element integrated into the vaporization chamber to heat and pre-heat the vaporization chamber. Aqueous or anhydrous ammonia is injected from at least one ammonia injector, which is integrated into the vaporization chamber, into the heated dilution air. The heated ammonia/air mixture may then be passed through a bed of packing prior to being released from the vaporization chamber. The bed of packing maintains the heated, homogenous ammonia/air mixture at a minimum temperature of 350.degree. F. to ensure the air/ammonia mixture does not condense. The air ammonia heater and vaporization chamber system may be used in the vaporization and bleeding of ammonia with air for NO.sub.x reduction in the flue gas from heat recovery steam generation systems, packaged boilers, simple cycle catalyst systems or fired heaters."
The patent application was filed on June 11, 2008 (12/137,275). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,044&OS=8,145,044&RS=8,145,044
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Akustica Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Akustica, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,144,906) developed by Michael James Daley, Canonsburg, Pa., Andrew Jonathan Doller, Pittsburgh, and Todd Martin Keebler, Pittsburgh, for a wind immune microphone.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is an acoustic device comprising an enclosed housing defining an inner volume and having a front and a back; an acoustic port penetrating the front of the enclosed housing; a first and second sense structure attached to the inside of the housing and defining a gap between the first and second sense structures; a front volume defined by the portion of the inner volume between the first sense structure and the front of the housing; a back volume defined by the portion of the inner volume between the second sense structure and the back of the housing; and at least one vent in the first sense structure operatively connecting the front volume and the gap, wherein the acoustic device has a cutoff frequency above approximately 100 Hz."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2008 (12/314,609). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,906&OS=8,144,906&RS=8,144,906
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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InterDigital Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- InterDigital Technology, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,144,637) developed by Steven Jeffrey Goldberg, Downingtown, Pa., for a "method and system for optimizing power resources in wireless devices."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system is disclosed for a device to quickly determine if data is being sent to it. If no data is being sent to the device, the device may return to a sleep mode so as to conserve energy. The present invention includes organizing and transmitting, one at a time, all device destination identifiers. If a message listing search indicates that no message is being sent for a device, the device can continue with any other activity that needs servicing, or if no other activity is pending, it may shut down to conserve power until the next wake up period arrives. If the search returns a positive indication, the count value when the identifier is found can be used to determine the location of the pointer to the message."
The patent application was filed on March 16, 2005 (11/081,294). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,637.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,637&RS=PN/8,144,637
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,145,506) developed by five co-inventors for a "patient problem data structure and processing system." The co-inventors are Robert Emmons Haskell, Chester Springs, Pa., Susan Annette Matney, Woods Cross, Utah, Carmela Anne Couderc, West Chester, Pa., Mary Ellen Dlugos, King of Prussia, Pa., and Rebecca Rae DaDamio, Sinking Spring, Pa.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A patient problem data system stores data representing a plurality of different patient problems for use in providing healthcare to a patient. An acquisition processor acquires data representing a patient problem for storage in a repository. A repository, electrically coupled to the acquisition processor, includes data representing a plurality of different patient problems; an individual patient problem has a patient problem name and is characterized by patient problem attributes; an individual patient problem has a plurality of attribute properties determining how a patient problem attribute is represented. Patient problem attributes include a focus term indicating a topic of a patient problem, a patient problem likelihood term indicating an assessment of likelihood of the associated corresponding patient problem, and a client term indicating at least one target person for care. The attribute properties include a format attribute property indicating a format constraint of a patient problem attribute and a content attribute property indicating a content constraint of a patient problem attribute. A retrieval processor, electrically coupled to the repository, retrieves data representing at least one patient problem from the repository."
The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/433,500). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,506&OS=8,145,506&RS=8,145,506
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Applied Computational Technologies Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Applied Computational Technologies, Windber, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,145,459) developed by Richard Andrew Holland, Somerset, Pa., for a "computation of radiating particle and wave distributions using a generalized discrete field constructed from representative ray sets."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present system and method for simulating particles and waves is useful for calculations involving nuclear and full spectrum radiation transport, quantum particle transport, plasma transport and charged particle transport. The invention provides a mechanism for creating accurate invariants for embedding in general three-dimensional problems and describes means by which a series of simple single collision interaction finite elements can be extended to formulate a complex multi-collision finite element."
The patent application was filed on March 21, 2007 (11/726,270). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,459&OS=8,145,459&RS=8,145,459
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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CNH America Assigned Patent for System and Method Employing Short Range Communications for Interactively Coordinating Unloading Operations Between a Harvester and a Grain Transport
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- CNH America, New Holland, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,145,393) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method employing short range communications for interactively coordinating unloading operations between a harvester and a grain transport." The co-inventors are Christopher A. Foster, Akron, Pa., Riccardo Morselli, Spilamberto, Italy, Olivier Arnel Vanhercke, Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Guoping Wang, Naperville, Ill., Bart M. A. Missotten, Herent, Belgium, Bert Juul Frans Paquet, Bruges, Belgium, and John H. Posselius, Ephrata, Pa.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, and method of use thereof, that employs short distance communications signals, thereby limiting and localizing the dissemination area for such signals, for interactively coordinating crop material transfer operations between a harvester and a grain transport, including the automated conduct of an unloading operation, including commencement of the actual unloading of the grain through continuation of such unloading to termination of such unloading, which system and method of the present invention employs operating systems in the harvester and grain transport that so operate to become electronically linked to one another to thereafter operate in unison with one another to effect and control the conduct of the crop material transfer operation between the harvester and grain transport, with each of such operating systems having associated therewith a short range communications system for the transmission and receipt at close range of electronic data signals, such operating systems, when appropriately electronically linked to one another, being operable in conjunction with one another to exchange information, to maintain a communications link therebetween, and to automatedly coordinate and effect various activities of the harvester and grain transport as a crop material transfer operation is effected and proceeds."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2008 (12/284,310). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,393&OS=8,145,393&RS=8,145,393
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Sapling Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Sapling, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,144,892) developed by Ilan Shemesh, Newton, Pa., and Ido Roseman, Givataim, Iceland, for an audio amplification system.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless audio amplification system for classrooms and the like includes a system that allows for advanced listening and learning audio tools. The invention combines radio frequency and infrared technologies into one integrated system. A microphone includes a radio frequency receiver and an infrared transceiver. The microphone transmits voice signals to an audio amplifier unit that includes a radio frequency transceiver and an infrared transceiver."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2007 (11/958,840). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,892&OS=8,144,892&RS=8,144,892
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Siemens Medical Solutions USA Assigned Patent for Expanded Pharmacokinetic Model for Population Studies in Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,144,952) developed by Yoshihisa Shinagawa, Downingtown, Pa., Vandana Mohan, Atlanta, and Gerardo Hermosillo Valadez, West Chester, Pa., for an "expanded pharmacokinetic model for population studies in breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for pharmacokinetic analysis, including: receiving time-series medical image data of a patient introduced with a contrast agent; identifying a reference region in the medical image data; identifying a plurality of points of interest in the medical image data; measuring an intensity of voxels in the reference region; and for each point of interest, measure an intensity of voxels therein, use the measured reference region and point of interest intensities to obtain an expression relating the point of interest's voxel concentration to that of the reference region, wherein the expression is a five-parameter nonlinear model with no reference to an arterial input function; and obtain values for each of the five-parameters by solving the expression and use the obtained values to determine whether the point of interest is malignant."
The patent application was filed on July 29, 2008 (12/181,396). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,952&OS=8,144,952&RS=8,144,952
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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University of Pennsylvania Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,145,436) developed by Artemis G. Hatzigeorgiou, Philadelphia, Zissimos Mourelatos, Philadelphia, for a "method and systems for identifying micro-RNA targets and synthesizing novel micro-RNAs and uses of the same."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method of identifying a microRNA-recognition element and of generating microRNAs are disclosed. System and computer programs for performing such methods are disclosed. Recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a heterologous coding sequences and one or more MREs are also disclosed as are isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising one or more MRE sequences and being free of a coding sequence operably linked to regulatory elements. MicroRNA generated by a methods of the invention and the use of the microRNAs to downregulate gene expression are disclosed."
The patent application was filed on July 15, 2004 (10/564,707). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,436&OS=8,145,436&RS=8,145,436
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Tandent Vision Science Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Tandent Vision Science, San Francisco, has been assigned a patent (8,144,978) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for identifying complex tokens in an image." The co-inventors are Bruce Allen Maxwell, Springfield, Pa., Casey Arthur Smith, Ithaca, N.Y., Kristin Jean Dana, Spring Lake, N.J., and Richard Mark Friedhoff, New York.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of identifying token regions in the image, each token region comprising a connected image region of similar color and intensity, and utilizing the identified token regions to generate single material token regions for use in processing material and illumination aspects of the image."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2007 (11/888,453). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,978&OS=8,144,978&RS=8,144,978
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Neat Co. Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Neat Co., Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,144,986) developed by Huanfeng Ma, Drexel Hill, Pa., for a "method and apparatus for binarization threshold calculation."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, computing device, and associated computer readable storage media containing instructions for binarizing a grayscale image by manually determining a first threshold that yields optimal binarization values to one or more images in a set of images, calculating the histograms of each of the images determined using the first threshold, calculating a set of statistical parameters such as the mean, standard deviation and variance of each histogram, determining a second threshold as a function of the set of statistical parameters, and comparing each pixel of the grayscale image to the second threshold. The second threshold T may be a function of the mean m, standard deviation s and variance v and is calculated by fitting a third degree polynomial curve T=a.sub.0+a.sub.1m+a.sub.2s+a.sub.3v, where the coefficients A=[a.sub.0 a.sub.1 a.sub.2 a.sub.3].sup.T are found using a minimum mean square error algorithm. Grayscale values above the second threshold are assigned a first binarization value and grayscale values below the second threshold are assigned a second binarization value."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2008 (12/205,739). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,144,986&OS=8,144,986&RS=8,144,986
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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invivodata.RTM Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- invivodata.RTM, Pittsburgh, has been assigned a patent (8,145,519) developed by four co-inventors for a "system for clinical trial subject compliance." The co-inventors are Michael Hufford, San Diego, David Peterson, Scotts Valley, Calif., Jean Paty, Pittsburgh, and Saul Shiffman, Pittsburgh.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is designed to develop research protocols for clinical trials. The invention also can track and enhance subject compliance with a research protocol. The invention further provides evaluability data related to subject performance in the clinical trial. According to an alternative embodiment of the invention, a portable electronic device is used to query and collect data from the subject."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 16, 2011 (13/211,133). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,519&OS=8,145,519&RS=8,145,519
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Comcast Cable Communications Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Comcast Cable Communications, Philadelphia, has been assigned a patent (8,144,594) developed by eight co-inventors for a "congestion management in a shared network." The co-inventors are Richard Woundy, North Reading, Mass., Jason Livingood, Philadelphia, Chris Bastian, Glenmoore, Pa., Thomas E. Klieber, Malvern, Pa., James Cary Mills II, Tampa, Fla., Matthew J. Scully, Media, Pa., Peter J. Sevcik, Charlottesville, Va., and John Reed Bartlett, Acton, Mass.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A shared channel used to communicate between a cable modem termination system and multiple cable modems is managed to prevent and/or reduce the impact of congestion. If the average channel utilization is above a near-congestion threshold, a cable modem in an extended high consumption state is assigned a reduced data transmission priority for managed traffic. Priority for that cable modem is restored to a default preferred level when the channel usage by that cable modem drops below a predetermined level or when the average aggregate channel utilization by all cable modems drops below the near-congestion threshold."
The patent application was filed on March 25, 2009 (12/410,661). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,594.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,594&RS=PN/8,144,594
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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iBiquity Digital Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- iBiquity Digital, Columbia, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,144,612) developed by six co-inventors for "systems and methods for transmitting media content via digital radio broadcast transmission for synchronized rendering by a receiver." The co-inventors are Steven Andrew Johnson, Ellicott City, Md., Muthu Gopal Balasubramanian, Ellicott City, Md., Harvey Chalmers, Rockville, Md., Albert John Gambardella, Port Monmouth, N.J., Russell Iannuzzelli, Bethesda, Md., and Stephen Douglas Mattson, Felton, Pa.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, and processor readable media are disclosed for encoding and transmitting first media content and second media content using a digital radio broadcast system, such that the second media content can be rendered in synchronization with the first media content by a digital radio broadcast receiver. The disclosed systems, methods, and processor-readable media determine when a receiver will render audio and data content that is transmitted at a given time by the digital radio broadcast transmitter, and adjust the media content accordingly to provide synchronized rendering. In exemplary embodiments, these adjustments can be provided by: 1) inserting timing instructions specifying playback time in the secondary content based on calculated delays; or 2) controlling the timing of sending the primary or secondary content to the transmitter so that it will be rendered in synchronization by the receiver."
The patent application was filed on April 15, 2009 (12/385,660). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,144,612.PN.&OS=PN/8,144,612&RS=PN/8,144,612
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Textronics Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- Textronics, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,145,291) developed by George W. Coulston, Pittsburgh, for an "extended optical range reflective system for monitoring motion of a member."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A garment and system includes a monitoring fabric that exhibits a light reflection property and substantially no light transmission property when the fabric is illuminated with light having wavelength(s) in the range of 400 to 2200 nanometers. The amount of useful light reflected by the fabric into an aperture of acceptance defined with respect to an imaginary axis extending from the fabric relative to the amount of light lost to the aperture of acceptance detectably changes when the fabric stretches in response to motion, as the motion induced by physiological activity (e.g., heart rate). The system includes at least one radiation source and at least one radiation detector, with the detector disposed in the aperture of acceptance. The source and detector may be attached to the fabric in relative positions such that the reception of incident radiation by the detector is directly affected by a change in the amount of useful light reflected by the fabric into the aperture of acceptance as the fabric stretches in response to motion."
The patent application was filed on March 30, 2010 (12/749,684). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,291&OS=8,145,291&RS=8,145,291
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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TruePosition Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 29 -- TruePosition, Berwyn, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,145,238) developed by Robert J. Anderson, Phoenixville, Pa., and Rashidus S. Mia, Phoenixville, Pa., for a "location of wideband OFDM transmitters with limited receiver bandwidth."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One illustrative embodiment takes the form of a system for locating wireless transmitters employing an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) digital modulation scheme. The OFDM scheme comprises transmitting signal components over narrowband frequency channels spanning a wideband channel. The system includes a first receiving system configured to receive a fraction of the signal components transmitted by a first wireless transmitter to be located in a fraction of the narrowband frequency channels, and to process the fraction of the signal components to derive location related measurements. The system further includes at least a second receiving system configured to receive the fraction of the signal components transmitted by the first wireless transmitter, and to process this fraction of the signal components to derive location related measurements. The system also includes a processing system configured to use location related measurements from the first and second receiving systems to compute the location of the wireless transmitter."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2010 (12/909,732). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,145,238&OS=8,145,238&RS=8,145,238
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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MetricNet Publishes 4 New Australian Benchmarks for IT Support, Contact Centres 
Part 1: Home Agents: The Big Game Changer [white paper]
